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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (166)	8/20/2006 12:44:13 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 273

The Fiqh Council of North America announced last week that it would no longer rely on moon sightings to determine the start of holidays and would instead use astronomical calculations. The panel released an Islamic calendar that runs through 2011, hoping Muslims in the United States and Canada can be persuaded to trade the old way for the new. The schedule problem is more than a minor inconvenience. School calendars and vacation time from work, for instance, depend on knowing dates in advance. "There will be a lot of resentment at first," said Khalid Shaukat, an astronomer and research physicist with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, who calculated the calendar for the Fiqh Council. "But I expect that as the time goes on and we educate them, people will see the benefit of this and understand that what may seem like a new approach to them is not against Islamic jurisprudence." The date of the Eid is based on the Hadith, traditions taken from the life of the prophet Muhammad. The prophet taught that the holiday marking the end of Ramadan comes the morning after a nighttime sighting of the new moon. Stupid is as stupid does

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (166)	8/20/2006 12:46:11 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 273

Muslims worldwide disagree about the right method of setting the date. There will untold deaths of innocents over this

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (166)	8/21/2006 10:14:03 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 273

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (166)	8/22/2006 11:13:47 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 273

Raid In Amherst Nets Terror Suspects WBEN 930 AM ^ \| August 22, 2006 06:41 \| WBEN Newsroom wben.com Amherst, NY (WBEN) - Federal agents raided a home in Amherst, and arrested three people they say are linked to an overseas terror cell. The FBI raided a home on Shetland Drive over the weekend, and the three unidentified suspects were charged with raising and laundering money for the Tamil Tigers terror group in Sri Lanka. WBEN's Tom Puckett has more in the audio link above, including assurances from police that the local community was apparently not a target.